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Simple and Expressive Marks in Inky Illustrations by Pol Montserrat

October 25, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Simple and Expressive Marks in Inky Illustrations by Pol Montserrat

With just a few quick flicks of the brush, Pol Montserrat can lay down enough information to suggest form and structure while maintaining the movement and expression of unedited marks. We really like the sparseness in Pol’s work, which highlights qualities of the marks over all. © Pol Monserrat, 2016

Filed Under: Ink Illustration, Painting, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: ink, linear, paint, Pol Monserrat, simple, Watercolour

Download Free Vintage and Aged Textures from Top Design Talent

February 11, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Download Free Vintage and Aged Textures from Top Design Talent

We all know how precious time can be when we’re working on a new and exciting art and design project. Freeing ourselves up to be able to focus on the ‘making’ rather than the ‘preparing’ can be the key to a successful workflow. This is why many designers rely on pre-made design element bundles to add […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Digital Illustration, News, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: design, design texture, distressed textures, Download, free, grunge, illustration texture, members, textures, watercolor texture

Exuberant Colours in Inky Illustrations by Katie Vernon

November 24, 2015 |

Exuberant Colours in Inky Illustrations by Katie Vernon

Katie Vernon’s illustrations are characterised by rich pools of deep hues and accents of delicately drawn details. We take a look at some examples of her warmly decorative work. Katie’s work really comes to life when she mixes up concoctions of exuberant colours. She carefully plays with depth and contrast, and introducing complimentary groups of […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Ink Illustration, Painting, Uncategorized, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: childrens, illustration, ink, Katie Vernon, Watercolour

Illustrations for Literature by Sam Weber

December 9, 2009 |

Illustrations for Literature by Sam Weber

Sam Weber uses watercolour and acrylic paint finished in Photoshop to produce incredibly refined, and ethereal pictures. He has produced work for the New York Times, click Rolling Stone, Playboy, Random House and DC/Vertigo Comics. Here I have featured the work he has done for various pieces of literature. ANY_CHARACTER_HERE Thirteen Orphans, Tor Books: Lord […]

Filed Under: Comic Art, Mixed Media, Painting, Photoshop, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: acrylic, ape on the moon, artist, book art, book illustration, contemporary art, dragon, illustrations, illustrator, literature, moonape, mythical, new york times, paintings, Photoshop, sam weber, scholastic, skulls, tiger, tor books, waterclour

Story Telling Illustrations of Lizzy Stewart

July 21, 2009 |

Lizzy Stewart, who lives and works in Edinburgh, and also recently went to art school there, has some great pencil and painting work. They are packed full of intriguing characters and scenes that conceal various stories.

I asked her a few questions on how she got into illustration, what and who inspires her, her tools and work process and what work is taking up her time at the moment.

What made you decide to get into illustration?

‘I started out studying fine art but switched to illustration at the end
of my first year after realising that …

Filed Under: Pencil Illustration, Photoshop, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: acrylic, alex mathers, ape on the moon, art, artist, digital art, drawing, graphite, Ink Illustration, interview, Linear Illustration, lizzy stewart, methods, Mixed Media, moonape, Painting, pencil, sketches, style, techniques

Watercolours and more of Betsy Walton

June 17, 2009 |

Betsy Walton’s bright and meticulously crafted paintings have a mysterious quality that make for a very fun viewing experience. I particularly like her way of contrasting organic forms and shapes with man-made objects, products and geometric shapes. From Portland, Oregon, Betsy has always enjoyed making things, it being a steady progression. ‘I followed my interests […]

Filed Under: Painting, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: Betsy Walton, characters, contemporary, digital, drawing, drawings, humorous, illustrations, illustrator, line art, paintings, pencil, watercolor, watercolours

Illustrations of Edward Kwong

May 21, 2009 |

Edward Kwong is an illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada, with a portfolio of work that reminds me of some of the illustrations coming out of the early 20th Century during the illustration’s ‘golden age’. Ed explains his background and his work process for us. Ed didn’t become interested in illustration until attending college. ‘Originally, I […]

Filed Under: Mixed Media, Painting, Pencil Illustration, Photoshop, Watercolour Illustration Tagged With: alex mathers, anatomy, ape on the moon, art, artist, contemporary art, drawing, ed kwong, illustration, illustrator, interview, kwong illustrator, mythical art, paiting, people

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